In this post I offer some advantages of free software and proprietary software that I found online.
I wish you would stop in a comment your opinion on this issue.
advantages of Free Software
1. Economic (more than one billion euros on Microsoft licensing in Spain annually)
The low or no cost-free products can provide SMEs with services and expand its infrastructure without their efforts are undermined growth because they can not afford to pay large amounts on licensing.
2. Free to use and redistribution
free software licenses allow existing software installation so many times and on as many machines as the user desires.
3. Technological independence
access to source code enables the development of new products without the need to develop the whole process from scratch. Technological secrecy is one of the big brakes and development imbalances in the IP model.
4. Promotion of free competition based on services rather than licenses
One of the business models generated by the free software is hiring customer service. This system allows companies to give service to compete on equal terms, not having ownership of the product which gives the service.
This also produces a change that results in greater customer service and hiring employees, as opposed to systems mainly sustained by the sale of licenses and customer neglect.
5. Support and long-term compatibility
this point, rather than an advantage of free software is a disadvantage proprietary software, so the choice of free software avoids this problem. The seller, once it has reached the highest sales of a product can do, does not care that your customers continue to. The choice is releasing a new product, produce software that uses new technologies for this and not only support for the resolution of the previous failures, trying to make it obsolete by any means, although this could perfectly suit the needs of many users.
6. Standard formats
7. Systems without backdoors and safer
access to source code allows both hackers and security companies around the world to audit the programs, so that the existence of backdoors is illogical because it would highlight and contravenes the interest of the community is that it generates.
8. More rapid and efficient correction of faults
operation and joint interest of the community has shown more quickly resolve security flaws in free software, which unfortunately in proprietary software is more difficult and expensive. When notified of the proprietary software companies, they initially denied the existence of such failure by questions of image and when he finally admitted the existence of these bugs take months to provide security patches.
9. Simple and unified software management
Currently most Linux distributions incorporate any of the systems that unify the method of installing programs, libraries, etc.. by users. This leads to simplify to the point of check or uncheck a box for the software management, and allow access to the thousands of applications existing safe and free at the same time avoiding having to resort to questionable ethics Web pages from which users unknowingly install spyware or viruses on their systems. This access and management system software is almost utopian if extrapolated to the market owner.
10. Expanding system
especially economic advantages that provide free solutions for many businesses and community contributions have enabled a steady growth of free software to more than occasionally as the web server, the market owner.
Free software is no longer a promise but a reality and is used production systems for some of the most important technology companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Google, Hewlett-Packard, etc.. Ironically, even Microsoft, which has its own tools, GNU Linux used in many of its servers. We can certainly foresee a future job growth and a strengthening its well deserved.
ADVANTAGES OF PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
1. Owned and decided to use the software by the company
The development of most software requires significant investments for research and development. This effort, if not protected would be in vain, since the competition could be appropriated immediately after the end product for their own purposes. This ensures the producer be compensated by the investment, thereby promoting further development.
2. Support for all types of hardware
Referring of course only the mainstream OS market, which is Microsoft Windows, and not to other Unix-like operating systems, which is a minority. Given that the current market dominance invites manufacturers of devices for personal computers to produce drivers or hardware only compatible with Windows. So the choice of operating system Microsoft has ensured a secure hardware support. Although
to be fair, I should say that the support from the manufacturers is generally limited to current operating system. The following operating system versions are not usually support, in order to sell new devices.
3. Best finish for most applications
proprietary software developer usually gives a better finish to applications in matters of both aesthetics and usability of the application. Although many open source applications are an excellent finish, here is a special note of the care and effort the developer of proprietary software. At the end of the make money directly to your product and must demonstrate why your product is a better option.
4. Applications are proprietary number one
Obviously, the current market dominance not only of interest to manufacturers of hardware, but also to software. Some of the most demanding applications are, according to areas: Microsoft Office, Nero Burning Rom, 3DStudio, etc ...
5. The entertainment for personal computers is for the proprietary market
Game developers have their sights on the most lucrative market, which is the console and the ultimate personal computer. Moreover, in recent practice benefit all Microsoft Windows titles.
6. Less need for technical expertise
The best finish of most proprietary software systems and de facto standards now allow for a simplification of dealing with such systems, giving access to its use and administration, which require less technical training, reducing maintenance costs.
This is certainly an advantage for the implementation of these systems, although we must not forget that the slightest knowledge of the system resulting in the inability to surround the simple management tools to resolve errors or expand the possibilities of them.
7. Increased job market
Like many of the remaining benefits due to market dominance, do not overlook any computer-related work will, in almost all cases, to know proprietary software tools.
8. Better protection of copyrighted works
The copyrighted works are benefited by copy mechanisms, such as DRM and other measures to offset to some extent impede piracy. The phenomenon of piracy, is in constant debate about who benefits and who really hurts (see which companies the biggest profits obtained, despite being the most competitive offering pirated and sometimes better products), although that, of course, is another argument that deserves to be treated separately.
9. Product Unification
One of the most significant advantages of proprietary software is the centralized decision making is done around a product line, by not deviating from the main idea and creating highly functional and compatible products.
Here, free software has a distinct disadvantage, to be produced and decisions taken by an excess of decentralized groups and agencies working in parallel lines do not reach many Sometimes agreements between them. This causes sometimes have a big mess for developers and end users who do not know which way to take. It also generates products whose support leaves much to be desired.
analysis points made, as can be seen is referred mainly to the use of software on personal computers, but also can be extended greatly to consumer electronics products (routers, video players, etc ...) , supercomputers and other computer systems. REFLECTION
Why everybody compares open source and proprietary softare? The real battle between the softare is free and pirated software, PIRATA.
are the only type of software used by most users. " or NO?
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